Acute respiratory distress syndrome: causes, pathophysiology, and phenotypes

LDJ Bos, LB Ware - The Lancet, 2022 - thelancet.com
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a common clinical syndrome of acute
respiratory failure as a result of diffuse lung inflammation and oedema. ARDS can be …

[HTML][HTML] A single-cell transcriptomic landscape of the lungs of patients with COVID-19

S Wang, X Yao, S Ma, Y **, Y Fan, S Sun, Z He… - Nature cell …, 2021 - nature.com
The lung is the primary organ targeted by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2), making respiratory failure a leading coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) …

Airborne transmission of COVID-19: aerosol dispersion, lung deposition, and virus-receptor interactions

YY Zuo, WE Uspal, T Wei - ACS nano, 2020 - ACS Publications
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), due to infection by the severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is now causing a global pandemic. Aerosol …

Health impacts of indoor air pollution from household solid fuel on children and women

MU Ali, Y Yu, B Yousaf, MAM Munir, S Ullah… - Journal of hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
The inefficient and incomplete combustion of solid fuel (SF) is associated with high levels of
indoor air pollutants leading to 3.55 million deaths annually. The risk is higher in women and …

Beyond PM2. 5: The role of ultrafine particles on adverse health effects of air pollution

R Chen, B Hu, Y Liu, J Xu, G Yang, D Xu… - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Air pollution constitutes the major threat to human health, whereas their
adverse impacts and underlying mechanisms of different particular matters are not clearly …

Pulmonary surfactant: a mighty thin film

F Possmayer, YY Zuo, RAW Veldhuizen… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Pulmonary surfactant is a critical component of lung function in healthy individuals. It
functions in part by lowering surface tension in the alveoli, thereby allowing for breathing …

Alveolar epithelial cell type II as main target of SARS-CoV-2 virus and COVID-19 development via NF-Kb pathway deregulation: A physio-pathological theory

M Carcaterra, C Caruso - Medical hypotheses, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic caused by Severe Acute
Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) requires a rapid solution and global …

Composition, structure and mechanical properties define performance of pulmonary surfactant membranes and films

E Parra, J Pérez-Gil - Chemistry and physics of lipids, 2015 - Elsevier
The respiratory surface in the mammalian lung is stabilized by pulmonary surfactant, a
membrane-based system composed of multiple lipids and specific proteins, the primary …